Chapter 8
Chris looks down at the bite mark on his arm that still hasn't gone away and if anything had gotten worse over the past couple of days. He sighs quietly and looks over his shoulder at Steph who is sleeping with his shirt over her body, he smiles to himself and looks back out over the lake swinging his legs idly over the huge drop between the ledge that he is sitting on and the water below.
"Chris?" Steph says sleepily, Chris turns his head again and looks over at her as she looks back at him sheepishly. Chris crawls away from the ledge and over to her laying down on his side leaning up on his elbow. "Sorry for throwing myself at you like that" Steph laughs pulling her top on and looking around for her shorts. "I hope I didn't make you do anything you'll regret"
"No, no it was fine with me" Chris smiles at her watching her stand up now fully dressed, she sits down at his side and leans back against his legs "It was a good thing" he says rolling over onto his back tucking his hands behind his head.
"It was better than just good.." Steph looks at him and winks before moving over him and laying on him, she puts her head on his chest and smiles to herself "I love you Chris" she says wrapping her arms around his chest and hugging him tightly.
"I love you too" Chris says grinning "I cant wait to get home, you know as soon as we get home I want you to live with me and one day I'll ask you to marry me properly and everything" Chris puts his arms around her hugging her back.
"Oh yeah? When do you reckon you'll have all this done by?" Steph asks him trying not to laugh knowing all about Chris's big ideas and wondering if any of them will actually ever happen.
"Well..i'll ask you to move in with me as soon as we get home and I'll ask you to marry me exactly three years after we get off of this place, that gives us three years to be together and find a place to live before we get married" Chris tells her sounding like he's got all the plans planned out ready in his head.
"Sounds good to me.." Steph laughs "Chris your arms getting worse" Steph says looking at it "Maybe you should show the others and see what they think and I know after the thing with Paul you don't exactly want to ask him what he thinks but he might know, it doesn't seem to be getting any better"
"It's fine, don't worry it doesn't hurt..Much and I'm sure it will go away in a few days. It's probably just an insect bite, you know like a flea bite only not" Chris tries to reassure her knowing that shes right, it hasn't got any better at all and if anything looks much worse than it had done. Chris didn't want to tell her that the pain had been moving up his arm over the past few days and that it was burning worse than before.
"If it gets no better in a couple of days your asking Paul" Stephanie tells him not really giving him much of a choice.
"Alright fine, he probably wont know anyways..And as great as this is I'm starving!" Chris says letting Steph climb up off of him, he stands up and holds out his hand to her helping her up "I think we've found our place to get away from the others then" Chris says nodding to no where in particular meaning his little hide out. "But lets go find the others and get something to eat, I'm regretting not eating the food you left out for me this morning" Chris says patting his stomach, he takes her hand and they climb down to the cliff path and down onto the beach to make their way through the line of trees to the clearing. "I'll catch up with you in a minute, I left my shirt" Chris kisses her on the cheek before running back to get his shirt. Steph continues to walk towards the cave where she can see the others sitting around the fire talking to each other, she smiles to herself feeling in a pretty good mood.
"Steph's coming" Andrew whispers to the other two as the three of them look up "What do we tell her?" Andrew whispers anxiously with a worried look on his face.
"The truth" Adam says quietly looking at Paul who has his head in his hands, Adam pats Paul on the shoulder as if trying to comfort him and Adam and Andrew stand up to meet Steph noticing the smile on her face wondering how on earth they are going to break something like this to her. Steph stops and sees there faces and the concerned looks they are giving her, Steph looks over at Paul who looks to be In the worst state of them all. "Steph..Theres something we need to tell you, you might want to sit down..It's about Chris"
"About Chris? What about him?" Steph asks narrowing her eyes wondering if this has anything to do with Paul threatening Chris because Paul seems to be a little bit quiet "I'm fine standing.."
"Steph..I'm sorry" Paul mumbles quietly
"If this is about you threatening to break Chris's legs then I already know about it Paul, what do you think you were doing saying that to him. He hasn't done anything to you and he didn't mean to upset me he just didn't think before he said that, If I find out you threaten him again I'm not gunna be happy" Steph puts her hands on her hips and looks at them.
"I never meant to hurt him" Paul sobs making Stephanie's face drop wondering what's going on, she'd just seen Chris and he was fine. What did Paul mean hurt him?
"Steph..Chris is dead" Andrew says quietly looking straight at her.
Chris looks down at the bite mark on his arm that still hasn't gone away and if anything had gotten worse over the past couple of days. He sighs quietly and looks over his shoulder at Steph who is sleeping with his shirt over her body, he smiles to himself and looks back out over the lake swinging his legs idly over the huge drop between the ledge that he is sitting on and the water below.
"Chris?" Steph says sleepily, Chris turns his head again and looks over at her as she looks back at him sheepishly. Chris crawls away from the ledge and over to her laying down on his side leaning up on his elbow. "Sorry for throwing myself at you like that" Steph laughs pulling her top on and looking around for her shorts. "I hope I didn't make you do anything you'll regret"
"No, no it was fine with me" Chris smiles at her watching her stand up now fully dressed, she sits down at his side and leans back against his legs "It was a good thing" he says rolling over onto his back tucking his hands behind his head.
"It was better than just good.." Steph looks at him and winks before moving over him and laying on him, she puts her head on his chest and smiles to herself "I love you Chris" she says wrapping her arms around his chest and hugging him tightly.
"I love you too" Chris says grinning "I cant wait to get home, you know as soon as we get home I want you to live with me and one day I'll ask you to marry me properly and everything" Chris puts his arms around her hugging her back.
"Oh yeah? When do you reckon you'll have all this done by?" Steph asks him trying not to laugh knowing all about Chris's big ideas and wondering if any of them will actually ever happen.
"Well..i'll ask you to move in with me as soon as we get home and I'll ask you to marry me exactly three years after we get off of this place, that gives us three years to be together and find a place to live before we get married" Chris tells her sounding like he's got all the plans planned out ready in his head.
"Sounds good to me.." Steph laughs "Chris your arms getting worse" Steph says looking at it "Maybe you should show the others and see what they think and I know after the thing with Paul you don't exactly want to ask him what he thinks but he might know, it doesn't seem to be getting any better"
"It's fine, don't worry it doesn't hurt..Much and I'm sure it will go away in a few days. It's probably just an insect bite, you know like a flea bite only not" Chris tries to reassure her knowing that shes right, it hasn't got any better at all and if anything looks much worse than it had done. Chris didn't want to tell her that the pain had been moving up his arm over the past few days and that it was burning worse than before.
"If it gets no better in a couple of days your asking Paul" Stephanie tells him not really giving him much of a choice.
"Alright fine, he probably wont know anyways..And as great as this is I'm starving!" Chris says letting Steph climb up off of him, he stands up and holds out his hand to her helping her up "I think we've found our place to get away from the others then" Chris says nodding to no where in particular meaning his little hide out. "But lets go find the others and get something to eat, I'm regretting not eating the food you left out for me this morning" Chris says patting his stomach, he takes her hand and they climb down to the cliff path and down onto the beach to make their way through the line of trees to the clearing. "I'll catch up with you in a minute, I left my shirt" Chris kisses her on the cheek before running back to get his shirt. Steph continues to walk towards the cave where she can see the others sitting around the fire talking to each other, she smiles to herself feeling in a pretty good mood.
"Steph's coming" Andrew whispers to the other two as the three of them look up "What do we tell her?" Andrew whispers anxiously with a worried look on his face.
"The truth" Adam says quietly looking at Paul who has his head in his hands, Adam pats Paul on the shoulder as if trying to comfort him and Adam and Andrew stand up to meet Steph noticing the smile on her face wondering how on earth they are going to break something like this to her. Steph stops and sees there faces and the concerned looks they are giving her, Steph looks over at Paul who looks to be In the worst state of them all. "Steph..Theres something we need to tell you, you might want to sit down..It's about Chris"
"About Chris? What about him?" Steph asks narrowing her eyes wondering if this has anything to do with Paul threatening Chris because Paul seems to be a little bit quiet "I'm fine standing.."
"Steph..I'm sorry" Paul mumbles quietly
"If this is about you threatening to break Chris's legs then I already know about it Paul, what do you think you were doing saying that to him. He hasn't done anything to you and he didn't mean to upset me he just didn't think before he said that, If I find out you threaten him again I'm not gunna be happy" Steph puts her hands on her hips and looks at them.
"I never meant to hurt him" Paul sobs making Stephanie's face drop wondering what's going on, she'd just seen Chris and he was fine. What did Paul mean hurt him?
"Steph..Chris is dead" Andrew says quietly looking straight at her.